History was made at the 2023 AVP Manhattan Beach Open, also known as "the Wimbledon of Beach Volleyball." For the first time in this decades-long event, it was played in the rain. In its early years, matches were played in the dark with car headlights providing some light from the parking lot by the Manhattan Beach Pier, but never before has it been played on wet sand. The … [Read more...]
Hermosa Beach Open Volleyball 2013 Hits The Pier Aug. 16-18
National Volleyball League Tournament Features Past And Present Pros & Bar Promos Summer in the South Bay means beach volleyball, and the biggest of those events are when the pros kick up the sand. One of those takes place this weekend, the National Volleyball League's ROX West Coast Championships. Or, as locals know it better, the Hermosa Beach Open. Play starts … [Read more...]
Summer Beach Volleyball Dates Set For Hermosa And Manhattan Beach
Hermosa And Manhattan Open, Smackfest, 6-Man And The Gills 2013 It's not summer in Southern California unless there are beach volleyball tournaments and here's the dates for the key pro (and fun) ones in Hermosa and Manhattan Beach. • SMACKFEST: JULY 20 North side of Hermosa Beach Pier to 15th Street What a way to start the South Bay summer of beach volleyball! It's … [Read more...]
Pro Beach Volleyball Returns For Manhattan Open & Hermosa
NBA's Kevin Love Joins Pros Back at the Beach in August and September, Though It's Not the AVP Beach volleyball, as much a part of the culture of the South Bay as surfing and Taco Tuesday, is back for 2011. It's not the Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP) but a new three-tour series that starts with the Manhattan Open the end of August and hits Hermosa Beach in … [Read more...]